The trick is growing up without growing old.

I turn 24 today. Yes, it's my birthday. And I also know I don't look half as thrilled as I do in the rest of my posts - which are about nothing special. Somethings I want to tell everyone today - 

I am not scared of ageing. Not only am I accepting it with grace, I am also starting to believe that  growing up/old is not such a big deal. In fact I think there is something terribly wrong if one is NOT growing up or old.

I am not having such a great day - not because I am not drinking, but because I am busy handling my dad's midlife crisis. All ye 20 somethings, trust me it is worse than quarter life crisis. So get geared for worse times to come.

I have a new blog, something on which I've been writing for a while but was waiting for this day to sort of go public. That's the introspection blog. Check it out here if you want to. 

I am writing all this today because I am on vacation for the next ten days and I don't know when I'll get to write next! Here's a whole bunch of quotes on ageing/growing up/growing old that I found and I think are nice - 

As we grow older, it becomes difficult to just believe. It's not that we don't want to, but too much has happened that we just can't.

Do everything. Love as much as you can. it may hurt but it helps us grow. Give all you have...you may be poor but you will be content. Always forgive....your heart can not afford not to. Teach what you know and learn what you don't. Stay open to all.

"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was." 

--Abraham Lincoln

Now I'm growing and I can see my faults. I can look at myself objectively and say I can't blame anyone else; it was my own damn fault.
--Christopher Atkins 

" 'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years."
-- Martha Graham